Sentence examples for slightly frivolous from inspiring English sources

Not only is it witty and laced with pop culture references, but also erudite, intelligent and slightly frivolous, which is the essence of Mindy's character.

Two years ago, she proved invaluable help on a particular story: on one of my more memorable, if slightly frivolous assignments, I was tracking down the faded fortunes of the American rock band, Guns N'Roses.

("Like a fool, here I am smitten, jealous of every man she's ever slept with," he wrote. Then, not long afterward: "I am a lot clearer about her. A likable, slightly frivolous blonde, more curious than sensual".) He kept voluminous diaries filled with vehement opinions and exact observations.

Hitchens, who once praised Ali for having "spent much of his life denouncing America as the arsenal of counter-revolution", is grouped among "slightly frivolous figures" and is said now to sound "more like a saloon-bar bore than the fine, critical mind that blew away the haloes surrounding Henry Kissinger and Bill Clinton".

But to those who might consider it a tad kitsch, John Simpson, the project's architect, explained that he wanted something respectful of the palace's own Neo-Classical design, but "slightly more frivolous and much more approachable".

It is sleek and elegant but it is also slightly, yet deliberately, frivolous.

The prosecutor, Robert Horan Jr.. called Mr. Arif's motion "slightly short of frivolous".

OK, so it's extremely frivolous, and slightly cringey, but you would, wouldn't you?

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The painting also features a cockroach, a hammer, and a glass, lending the otherwise frivolous tableau a slightly ominous feel.

Though the yield is not yet known, Mr. Mahoney suspects that the new requirement deterred frivolous applicants as well as weaker ones (grades and test scores increased slightly).